Lords repeat of Commons statement (Mar 30) on Powering Up Britain - Apr 19

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Lord Callanan) (Con):...Moving on, the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, asked me about nuclear and SMRs. I hope that presages that the Liberal Democrats might support us on nuclear in the future. This is well-established technology. We have invested £210 million with Rolls-Royce to develop SMRs in the UK. They are well established and we want to be world leaders in this. Realistically, it will be at least the end of the decade before they are rolled out. This is another world-leading green technology from which the UK can prosper...

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